Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank everybody for their presentation. I and others have been really anxious to highlight this very serious matter and the witnesses have done that exceptionally well for all facets of the aviation sector. They have rightly identified that the expectation for some recovery was this year and, quite frankly, with the current status of the virus, that will not happen.

Will the witnesses provide some further documentation? I am interested to hear what a number of witnesses have mentioned with respect to Germany. It certainly sounds like a model we could look at. I am hopeful that when the committee receives those documents, we might put together a short presentation or report for the Department of Transport and the Government as a whole to follow up.

Mr. McGowan mentioned other matters close to my heart of trying to get Shannon Airport back into the cluster of airports with Dublin and Cork. It is something I will certainly support as time goes on. The crisis is immediate.

The witnesses rightly identified the fact that we cannot have one picking off the other. There cannot be an opportunity now to shed employees at this time, particularly when one considers the efforts that aviation workers have made throughout the crisis. If possible, can the witnesses provide further information on the schemes that have worked and that are working well throughout Europe?